On the eve of its 100 days, the US administration consolidates its migration policy

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The administration of the American president, Donald Trump, continues to harden his policy of fighting illegal immigration, with the continuation of the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico and the expulsion of “hundreds” of illegal migrants, said the spokesperson for the White House, Karoline Leavitt.

“We are currently carrying out the largest expulsion campaign in American history,” Leavitt said at a press briefing on Monday in the company of the Tom Homan, manager of the border control agency and immigration (ICE).

The expulsion operation, called Tidal Wave, is “the largest expulsion operation in American history,” said the spokesperson, adding that it was only a start, the operation being only a “avant-young sign” of the policies that will follow.

The actions taken by the Trump administration made it possible to reduce the arrests of illegal migrants to the Mexican border by 96%.

Estimated at 140,000 in March 2024, these arrests fell to 7,000 until last March, said the White House spokesperson, who stressed that the majority of illegals no longer try the crossing.

When the number of people illegally crossing American borders falls by 96%, fewer children die by making the trip, fewer women and children are victims of human trafficking, fewer known or presumed terrorists come back, and less fentanyl arrives in the country, Homan said.

The American administration had announced, in early April, having expected some 100,000 illegals.

Ms. Leavitt also said that more than 140 km of “new border barriers” were in the planning and construction phase, while 130 km of temporary barriers had already been deployed.

President Trump is expected to sign a presidential decree on “sanctuary cities” on Monday, these agglomerations which prohibit local officials from reporting to federal agents the presence of undocumented immigrants if they may be expelled.

Recently, democratic mayors of four major cities – Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York – were severely criticized in the congress for their “protection” of illegal immigrants in their cities.